It used to be that you would build out your datacenter with all the right considerations in place, purchasing equipment that was sized to meet the needs of your organization for today and the near-term future.

Change used to be merely planning for capacity upgrades or network expansion, or migrating to the latest application version—or more simply put: things we could measure, control, and manage.

With the advent of the cloud, the rise in cyber-based threats, and the need to do more, faster, it’s harder to plan for change while maximizing existing IT infrastructure investments.